How clean is your hotel? One in ten guests find this on their bed

HOLIDAYS in hotels are often well-loved thanks to the ‘clean-sheet’ feeling you can get every day due to daily room service. But shocking new research shows that hotel rooms can be far from clean, with some guests finding semen and faeces on their bed sheets.

How clean is your hotel? One in ten guests have found semen and blood on their bed (Image: Getty Images)

Hotel rooms are supposed to be cleaned every day but worrying new statistics show that hygiene - even in expensive hotels and Airbnbs - can sometimes be questionable.

A survey of 1,000 people has revealed the many disgusting things hotel and Airbnb guests have found in their rooms.

Nasties range from blood and semen to hair and bedbugs - none of which are things you want to spot in your paid-for room.

The research was carried out among Americans by sleep website The Sleep Judge. Their goal was “to find out whether or not star ratings make a difference, how different price points translated to different levels of cleanliness, and the offending substances that people found inside their rooms.”

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Bedding seemed to be at the root of most hygiene-related issues, for both Airbnb rentals and hotels – and of all the yucky substances that decorated their rooms, hair was the most prominent of them all.

The Sleep Judge

According to the study, 88 per cent of hotel guests have found other people’s hair in their room. That’s one per cent more than Airbnb guests.

In fact, more nasties were found in hotel rooms than Airbnb accommodation in general.

Sixteen per cent of hotel guests found evidence of urine in their room, 12 per cent found both sexual fluids and blood.

These statistics compare to 13 per cent of Airbnb guests finding urine, six per cent sexual fluids and seven per cent blood.

The gross things found in the rooms didn’t stop there. Eleven per cent of hotel guests found bedbugs, eight per cent faeces and six per cent vomit.

In comparison, of the Airbnb guests, eight per cent found bedbugs, seven per cent faeces and four per cent vomit.

Hotels: A survey of 1,000 people has revealed the many disgusting things hotel guests have found (Image: The Sleep Judge)

In positive news, paying more for accommodation should eradicate the worry of bedbugs.

The research found that hotels under $100 are more likely to have bed bugs but those over $100 are not.

In this lower price range, you’re most likely to find: hair, other bugs, alcohol, bedbugs and urine.

However, in the highest price bracket of $300 and over, you’re still likely to find hair, other bugs, alcohol, urine and blood/vomit.

If its true cleanliness you’re after however, the research suggests you’re better off going for an Airbnb room over a hotel.

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Seventy-five per cent of Airbnb guests categorised their room as being ‘clean’ compared to 57 per cent of hotel guests.

Paying more will also get your further in this area. In Airbnbs over $300, 91 per cent of guests said their accommodation was clean compared to 69 per cent of hotel guests.

The report concluded: “In our respondents' experience, bedding seemed to be at the root of most hygiene-related issues, for both Airbnb rentals and hotels – and of all the yucky substances that decorated their rooms, hair was the most prominent of them all.

“Guests were fairly diligent about checking for bed bugs, however, they were much more likely to encounter other types of unwelcome insects instead.

“If ever you're hesitating between hotels with different price points, the general consensus was that you really do get what you pay for: places that boasted more dollar signs were almost universally cleaner, though the biggest jump in cleanliness kicked in with rooms over $300.”